Johannes Alta
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Johannes Alta | |
| Moeder: | Hendrika Cornelia Schoor | |
| Geboren: | 16 Jan 1917 | Buiksloot |
| Overleden: | 18 Dec 2002 | |
| Aantekeningen: | Personal Information Last Name: Alta First Name: Johannes Alias: HAN Date of Birth: 16/01/1916 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: DRAFTSMAN Rescue Place during the war: Amerongen, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Amerongen, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3275) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 10/10/1985 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Rescued Persons Oosten van, Max Nerden, Loek Lopes, Cardozo, Ben Lopes Rescue Story Alta, Johannes Johannes Alta, known as Han for short, was a draftsman specializing in botanical drawing and also a member of the Dutch Youth Association of Naturalists. For three years Han devoted himself to the task of saving Jewish lives. In 1942, when Han was 25 years old, an acquaintance of his, 19-year-old Ben Lopes Cardozo, a Jewish member of the Young Naturalists, visited Han and told him that he had received a summons to report to a labor camp. Ben asked if Han would hide him in his cottage and he agreed. Han lived in a four-room wooden cottage, paying a small rent and drawing to make a living. The cottage, located on an estate near Amerongen, Utrecht, had at various times served as a retreat for artists and poets, as well as being a base for young naturalists conducting fieldwork. Han had made many friends through the Dutch Youth Association of Naturalists, including some Jews. In the autumn of 1942, another naturalist, Max van Oosten, joined Hans household. The number of people living in his cottage had already been augmented by the addition of Loek Nerden, a ten-year-old Jewish boy from Amsterdam. Later on, Han also housed Bens mother, as well as several others. Hans cottage was given the nickname Kolland (Holland with a difference).Han was supposed to have been living alone, but since he required food at various times for up to six or seven people, his secret would be hard to keep. His activities were known only to a small number of local residents and to his parents. One of the local farmers supplied milk and some food and Han continued to eke out a living from his drawing. Some of the people he sheltered had brought a little money with them, but Han took nothing from them for personal gain. On October 10,1985, Yad Vashem recognized Johannes Alta as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Susanna Dorothea Gruijs | geb. 22 Jan 1922 |
| Huwelijk: | 9 Aug 1945 | Amersfoort |